Wednesday, August 12, 2009

We get the most lavish mint extract from a place called Return to Eden on the corner of LaVista and Cheshire Bridge. It is this organic, alcohol-free mint flavor that has the purest scent ever. Speaking of Return to Eden, (I could write an entire post about that store) I am in awe of their baking aisle. If you're ever looking for hard to find organic ingredients, that's the place. As I was saying, the mint extract is just pure joy and I can't say too much about it. I think that's what makes our Chocolate Mint work. I'm just sayin'...

Monday, August 10, 2009

Lenox Cupcakes is pleased to announce that from September 21- 27, we will be selling Cupcakes for a Cause and donating $1 from the sale of every regular-sized cupcake that week to the CancerCare for Kids program. During that week, all of our regular-sized cupcakes will be decorated with the smiley-face icon of the CancerCare for Kids program. Please join us in making this a success.

CancerCare is a national non-profit organization founded in 1944 that provides free professional support services to children and families affected by cancer. For more information about Cupcakes for a Cause, visit http://www.cupcakesforacause.org/.

I'm up early because my internal alarm clock has a GREAT sense of humor. I was thinking about how last night's event went and thought I would blog about it. Overall, it was a great turnout, great crowd to support an excellent cause. You should definitely check out the work the Rally Foundation does, I learnt new facts about childhood cancer and they mentioned ways to help fund their work.

The show started off with the presenters in Betsey Johnson dresses, very nice and very wearable. I think the keyword there is wearable. You see some shows and you think, "that's nice but I wouldn't wear that". The clothes shown were beyond gorgeous and there are some simple yet chic pieces that I'd like to get. The only confusing thing was at some point, I wasn't sure what was Rene Rene and what was Betsey. The headpieces I think were Betsey but the models (Atlanta Falcons Cheerleaders) were wearing Rene dresses that looked like Betsey type colors. I wish you were there, you'd know what I was talking about.

Oh and the cupcakes - I totally forgot my camera at home which is why all you are getting is TEXT! I could have kicked myself for doing that. I'm not a great photog but I would have loved to share what we did in terms of the cupcakes. I noticed a man with professional cameras and asked if he would take some pictures and he was kind enough to. He was there to take pictures of the cheerleaders but happily obliged my request. I'll update this post as soon as I get them. And another thing? I asked someone else to take a picture of my sisters and me and email it to me. Totally random right, to be asking someone you don't know to take your picture? I hadn't been out with them in forever and thought why not.

As I mentioned, I'll update this post with the pictures when I get them. Can I just say that now I get what my friend from Chicago means when she says Atlantans are beautiful. Seriously, she always says that when she's here. And I just never got that. However, yesterday, people just looked picture perfect. Maybe it's just me. I do live in a cave or an oven, whichever you prefer.

UPDATE: Got the photographs last week but have been rather lazy about putting them up. I really am thankful to TJ for taking these photos! As you can see, we stayed true to the Falcons colors and paid hommage to Bestey Johnson with our red frosting fused with black.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

For some reason, all the orders for today were Baker's Choice. No one wanted to choose so they asked us to. Here's what we did:

Caramel Vanilla - Vanilla cupcake filled to the brim with buttery caramel and topped with vanilla buttercream and a caramel swirl. It's one of our newer flavors.

Chocolate Whisper

Vanilla-Vanilla

Dark Chocolate Bliss

Red Velvet

That's the Baker's Choice for today. I was tempted to add Cafe au Lait but didn't want to assume everyone likes coffee. I lllllllooooooove coffee but am committed to drinking tea today. Have a blast. Enjoy today!

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

French Vanilla is the first on the left - silky smooth French vanilla buttercream on vanilla cupcake. Un petit chocolat tops it off.

Hi Everyone!

It's been hectic so forgive me for not updating the blog with our daily flavors. Today we got to bake a flavor that we haven't baked in a while - French Vanilla. A while being over a week, maybe. I really like the frosting on this one. With that said, our flavors for today are: